Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Fitting to scale

Minor frustrations at work include:1. Rooms full of sleeping people, likely caused by the dark and rainy day;2. People fighting with each other, likely caused by the dark and rainy day;3. Very sick people whom I cannot help;4. Providing a performance-based rehearsal that I haven't ever done, which was difficult because:A. I needed to use keyboard, and I do not fancy myself a keyboardist;B. We are supposed to have these rehearsals weekly, however every Tuesday in March and those few in February had conflicts;C. The residents who are in this ensemble were pretty upset that I hadn't been facilitating rehearsals, even though the schedule is not within my control;D. I cannot tell them it was not within my control;E. The rehearsal was not what I consider successful. :)Successes at work include:1. Providing a pretty interesting and engaging session with a resident on a one-to-one basis;2. Facilitating the aforementioned rehearsal, even though I'd rate it a bandaged frowning face on a Likert scale;3. Watching residents utilize a rain stick and ocean drum, which provided multi-sensory stimulation (as well as laughter and socialization);4. Discovering I truly enjoy using yellow highlighting.